1981

Timeline

1980 ← 1981 → 1982

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Cretaceous

B.C.E.: Last Ice Age • 30,000 • 8,000 • 1,100

C.E.: 1502 • 1853

1900-1999

1900-1949: 1908 • 1912 • 1915 • 1920 • 1926 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1938 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000-present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2030 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

January

• 6 January: Rinko Kikuchi is born in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan.

February

• 9 February: Tom Hiddleston is born in Westminster, London, England.

March

• 25 March: The Tsuburaya Productions show Ultraman 80 concludes, and will be the last entry in the Ultra Series until Ultraman: Towards the Future in 1991.

June

• 5 June: Miwa Sasaki is born in Chiba, Japan.
• 17 June: Zach Shields is born in Rochester, New York, USA.
• 20 June: Max Borenstein is born in California, USA.

August

• 27 August: Ren Matsuzawa is born in Tokyo, Japan.

November

• 22-23 November: The 20th Japan SF Convention is held in Osaka, Japan, during which the Daicon III Opening Animation premieres.
• 23 November: Titan Publishing Group is founded in England.

In fiction

• Ishiro Serizawa's father passes away and is buried in the Yanaka Cemetery. Ishiro then joins Monarch. (Godzilla: Awakening)

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